John Kerry: McCain Approached Me About Joining Dem Ticket in 2004  —  Note: You can now read the rest of the interview with Senator Kerry here.  —  On Monday afternoon I had the chance to speak with Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, the Democratic Party's nominee for President in 2004.

President Bush Makes Remarks on the Emergency Supplemental  —  THE PRESIDENT: Good morning.  I've just had a good meeting with Secretary of Defense Bob Gates, and General Pete Pace, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.  Secretary Gates and General Pace updated me on the deployment of American reinforcements to Iraq.

Pelosi Rebuffs Criticism of Syria Visit  —  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi toured Damascus on Tuesday, the highest- ranking American politician to visit Syria since relations began to deteriorate four years ago.  President Bush criticized the trip, saying it sends mixed signals to President Bashar Assad.

Gingrich: When I Said 'Language Of Living In The Ghetto,' I Meant Hebrew (Or Maybe Yiddish) »  —  Newt Gingrich said this past weekend that the U.S. should abolish bilingual education so that people aren't speaking "the language of living in a ghetto."

Justices Say E.P.A. Has Power to Act on Harmful Gases  —  In one of its most important environmental decisions in years, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to regulate heat-trapping gases in automobile emissions.

New Iran Hostage Pictures  —  Iran has released fresh pictures of the 15 British sailors and marines being held captive in the country.  —  The first picture, apparently a still taken from a video, showed six sailors sitting in blue and red tracksuits on a carpet in a room.

Iraqi merchant: McCain visit propaganda  —  BAGHDAD - Iraqis in the capital said Tuesday that Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record)'s account of a heavily guarded visit to a central market did not represent the current reality in Baghdad, with one calling it "propaganda."

ABC News Exclusive: The Secret War Against Iran  —  Brian Ross and Christopher Isham Report:  —  A Pakistani tribal militant group responsible for a series of deadly guerrilla raids inside Iran has been secretly encouraged and advised by American officials since 2005, U.S. and Pakistani intelligence sources tell ABC News.

Police Log Confirms FBI Role In Arrests  —  Group Detained, Questioned During D.C. War Protest  —  A secret FBI intelligence unit helped detain a group of war protesters in a downtown Washington parking garage in April 2002 and interrogated some of them on videotape about their political …

Hospital: Woman dead after CNN Center shooting … ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) — A woman has died according to Atlanta's Grady Hospital following a shooting Tuesday at the CNN Center complex, in what Atlanta police called a "domestic situation."  —  The woman, who witnesses said appeared to be pregnant …

Can The Note save itself?  —  The unexpected personnel notice posted by ABC News on March 21 no doubt raised eyebrows among the Beltway's political and media elite.  The network announced that Mark Halperin, the high-profile and plugged-in director of ABC's political unit and author …

McCain Camp Recruits Nixon's Jew-Counter As Finance Co-Chair  —  John McCain's campaign has just put out a press release announcing that GOP money-man Fred Malek has signed on as national finance co-chair.  That's a very important, high-level gig.  —  There's only one problem, though …

No choice: Stay the course in Iraq  —  U.S. leadership deserves support for one last effort to succeed, says a retired Army general.  —  IRAQ IS BEING ripped apart by a low-grade civil war compounded by a dysfunctional, Shiite-dominated government.  As many as 3,000 Iraqis are being killed …

Via Joan Walsh, NBC's Andrea Mitchell is confirming her scoop that (a) moderate Republican Senators don't think the "surge" will work but temporarily supported it anyway; and (b) will withdraw their support for the war if the "surge" doesn't show progress by late August.